Religion and the Scottish Labour Movement c. 1900-39
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W W Knox, William Knox (0000-0002-0162-7791, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 609-630 |
| Publication date | 1988-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200948802300406 |
| OpenAlex | W2029633975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
Eric Hobsbawm, in an influential essay, 'Religion and the Rise of Socialism', declared that the 'modern working-class socialist movement has developed an overwhelmingly secular, indeed often militantly anti-religious ideology'. However, like others, Hobsbawm is prepared in certain instances to modify his conclusion, particularly in the case of Britain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. E.P. Thompson and Stephen Yeo have referred to this period in the development of British socialism as one in which the imagery, language and practice of the labour movement was dominated by the precepts of 'ethical socialism'.2 Socialist Christianity was encapsulated in the figure of Keir Hardie, who claimed that he first learnt his 'Socialism in the New Testament', where he continued to find his 'chief inspiration'.3 What socialists of this period argued was that not only was socialism the embodiment of Christ's teachings, but its establishment would rescue the Church from the clutches of Mammon. By siding with the rich and powerful against the poor, the Church, it was argued, had lost its way and in the process become corrupt. As James Connolly, Scottish, and later, Irish revolutionary, put it
Aesthetics · Art · Capitalism · Christianity · Ideology · Irish · Literature · Movement (music · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · State socialism · Utopian socialism · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2020 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |